Improvement in shot-pouches



J. T. CAPEWELL.

Flask and Charger. No. 14,151. Patented Jan. 29, 1856.

NPETSRS, PMOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. n C.

PATENT Fries;

JOSEPH CAPEIVELL, OF \VOODBURY, CONXIICTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOT-POUCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ll-LllJll, dated January 23, 1555.

lb all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osnrn T. CAPEWELL, of the town of lVoodbury, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful improvement in the construction of cut-offs which regulate the charge in shot-pouches,together with the mode of fastening thering on the end of the throat or large tube that receives the charger; and I hereby declare the following to be ai'ull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are lettered to correspond with and make a part of this specification.

In order that the public may not be misled by my specification, I will first describe Sykes patent as minutely as possible, after which I will show my improvement upon that (Sykes patent) and other similar arrangements. I will also show my improvement in the mode of fastening the ring around the end of the main tube ofthe shot pouch or belt.

Sykes patent charger is constructed in the following manner: First, there is a main tube or throat that is attached to the pouch at one end and open at the other in order to receive the scoop or charger. There is also a short tube standing at right angles to the main tube or throat, to which it (the short tube) is soldered at one end. This short tube is split (by means of a saw) its entire length, and the saw-cut extends transrersely through one-half the diameter of the main tube or throat of the pouch. This opening is to allow the cut-off to move up or down by the action of a spiral spring, which is placed in the short tube, through which the cut-off moves. There is also a smaller tube inside of the short tube, that surrounds the spring. Thist-ube answers the double purpose of keeping the spring in its place, at the same time preventing the cutott from moving sidewise by means of two slits in the upper edge of the cut-off to receive the-small tube as it (the cut-off) is forced up by the scoop or charger. There is also a ring that passes around the outside of the short tube orspring-chamber, and is attached to the upper edge of the cut-off, and moves up or down with it, and is intended to prevent the cut-off from moving sidewise when forced down by the spring, after the charger has been with drawn. There is also an oval projection upon the lower edge of the cut-off that stops up onehalf the passage (more or less) of the main tube when the cutoff is raised at its highest point; hence the above arrangement is analogous to mine in every respect, excepting the manner of preventing the cut-off from slipping sidewise when at its lowest point after the charger has been withdrawn. At the same time I dispense with the movable ring around the outside of the short tube, and better effect the same purpose by simply turning over the vertical edges of the cut-off, which projects outside of the tube when it (the cut-off) is at its lowest point. My mode of fastening the ring around the end of the main tube that re ceives the charger is entirely different fromv Syke s method ofsoldering on the ring. I have also taken off the oval projection 011 the lower edge of the cut-off, and better adapted the use of a straight edge to separate the shot.

To enable others to construct and use my improvement I will describe it as follows:

Figure 1, letter b represents the cut-off, having its vertical edges turned over in order to prevent it from slipping sidewise when at its lowest point after the charger has been withdraw n Fig. 2, letter 7; shows the cutoff at its high est point, the charger being in the main tube to receive the charge.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the throat or main tube, &c., of the shot-pouch, and represents the charger receiving the charge; also showing the cut-off e sufficiently raised to allow thelargest size shot or rifle-balls to pass without obstruction into the charger, which is not the case in Sykes patent, on account of the oval projection that is upon the lower edge of the cut-off, whereas my cut-off is entirely straight upon its lower edge, and yet it is susceptible of being raised sufficiently high to allow the largest shot to pass freely through the main tube or throat of the shot pouch, belt, or bag. At the same time when forced down to it lowest point, after the charger has been withdrawn, it comes so near the lower side of the main tube or throat that it prevents the finest shot from escaping, as shown at let ter M.

Fig.- 5 is a sectional view ofa tube with a tool represented in the act of forcing it into What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States, is

1. My improvement in the construction of a cut-off, having the lower edge or bottom straight, also having the vertical edges turned up, or over,) for the purpose substantially as described.

2. The mode of fastening the rings around the main tube or throat of the shot-pouch, in the manner as substantially described, and shown at Fig. 5.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH T. CAPEVVELL.

\Vituesses:

JAMES P. McLEAN, ANNE S. McLEA-N. 

